Musical toy



June 3,, 1948. K. E. EWALD MUSICAL TOY Filed Oct. 17, 1945 IN V EN TOR. flzrl E ZZZ/aid Patented June 1, 1948 iJNiTED STATES F ATENT OFFICE MUSICAL TOY Karl E. Ewald, Chicago, 111.

Application October 17, 1945, Serial No. 622,776

10 Claims. 1

My invention is concerned with improvements in musical toys.

An object of my invention is to provide a musical toy comprising a box-like head provided with means for producing a musical sound and a resonance producing chamber extending therefrom in the form of a handle.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tubular case having mounted therein chime rods and a clapper for producing musical sounds, and a hollow handle extending therefrom arranged to function as a resonator.

A further object of my invention is to produce a musical toy or rattle characterized by the provision of an air chamber or resonator connected to a musical chamber having one or more vibrators tuned in sympathy with the column of air in the resonator.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple, attractive, easily constructed musicproducing toy to be used to amuse small children.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the preferred form of my device which is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of my musical toy;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the center of the toy; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The preferred form of my toy as illustrated in the drawings comprises a tubular head It which contains the music-producing elements and a handle i l extending from one end of the same which functions as a resonator for the musicproducing elements. Secured in the head I!) in vertical position are a series of chime rods l2 which are made of different lengths to produce difierent musical notes when vibrated. The head H1 is enclosed at the top with a cap l3 and suspended from the center of the cap I3 is a clapper ring M which has an upwardly directed supporting wire member i5 terminating in a ring it which is connected by means of a link I! to a hook I8 secured in the cap l3. Movement of the toy will oscillate the clapper ring I which strikes against the chime rods l2 and vibrates the same to produce musical sounds. The clapper ring I5 may carry an animated figure I9 as shown in the drawings.

Each of the chime rods I2 is rigidly secured at its base 2!! in a metal ring or plate 2! which is secured to a cap 22 enclosing the bottom end of the head In. Superposed on the outer portion of the plate 2| is a wooden or non-metal spacer ring 23 somewhat thicker than the plate 21 and arranged in superposed relation on the spacer ring 23 is a metal plate 24. The chime rods l2 extend upwardly through the ring 23 and plate 24 into the head In. The cap 22 on the head It is provided with a central aperture 25 and the open end of the hollow handle member H is secured therein by the turned-over flange 26 on the handle H. The plate 2| is provided with a central aperture 2'! somewhat larger than the aperture 25, to accommodate the flange26. The ring 23 is provided with a larger central aperture 23 and the plate 24 is provided with a central aperture 29 which is smaller than the aperture 25. The handle I l is closed at the free end 30 and ring 3| is pivotally attached thereto by means of the apertures 32 in the same. As shown in Fig. 3, the chime rods l2 are arranged in concentric spaced relation around the basesecuring members, so that the clapper ring hi may strike any one of the rods.

The hollow handle ll having its interior connected with the interior ofthe head H! by means of the aligned apertures 25, 28 and 29 functions as a resonator to strengthen the amount of the sound of the pitch to which it responds. The handle II will be in resonance with the chime or chimes in the music box or head In having a natural period equal to the period of the column of air in the handle which will be set into as the chimes which will result in an increase in the loudness of the sound produced. A

The head [0 of the rattle may be constructed of transparent material whereby the movement of the animated figure l9, which may be colored or decorated, wili'be visible to the user of thetoy. I prefer to make the end caps i3, 22 and the handle ll of Celluloid or some similar translucent material which may be colored or decorated. The ring 3| may, of course, be made of any suitable material and decorated as desired. The members may be secured to each other by adhesive or any other fastening means.

While I have referred to specific materials and details of construction, I do not intend to limit my device to such materials and features of constructions, but modifications may be resorted to within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A musical toy comprising a receptacle having a circumferential enclosing wall, musical sound producing means enclosed within said receptacle, and a resonance producing handle member having an open end and a closed end, said receptacle having an aperture therein and said handle member being secured to said receptacle with its open end in said aperture.

2. A musical toy comprising a box having apertured supporting members therein, chime rods supported by said supporting members in spaced relation around the apertures in the supporting members, a clapper mounted in oscillatable striking relation to the chime rods, a resonance producing tube connected to the box and arranged with an open end in coaxial alignment with the apertures in the supporting members, the free end of said tube being closed.-

3. A musical toy comprising a box having apertured rod supporting base members and up: right sound producing rods supported thereby, a clapper member suspended in the box in striking relation to said rods and a hollow resonance producing handle member attached to the box adjacent the base members with its open end in coaxial alignment with the apertures in the base members.

4. A musical toy comprising a transparent tubular case member having apertured chime rod supporting means in one end, chime rods secured in said supporting means in spaced relation around said aperture, a clapper mounted to be oscillated to strike the chime rods, and a resonator having its open end attached to the tubular case member in coaxial alignment with the apertures in the chime rodsupporting means.

5. In a musical toy, a tubular head having a cap on one end and an apertured closure on the other end, chime rod supporting means in said other end having an aperture aligned with the aperture in said closure, chime rods in said supporting means, a tubular handle having an open end secured to said apertured closure in alignment with the apertures in the closure and the chime supporting means, and striker means for the chime rods.

6. The structure of claim 5 wherein said chime rod supporting means comprises a relatively thin centrally apertured metal base ring to which the chime rods are securely anchored, a somewhat thicker non-metal spacer ring hav-. ing a larger central aperture therein than the base ring, and a relatively thin metal top ring having a smaller aperture therein than the open end of said handle, the members being arrangedwith their apertures in alignment and the chime rods passing through the'spacer ring and the top ring and into the tubular head.

7. In a musical toy, an enclosing receptacle, music producing chime rods and a clapper therefor, means for supporting the chime rods in the receptacle comprising a metal bottom base plate 4 in the receptable, a non-metal spacer member and a metal top base member superimposed thereon, said chime rods being anchored in the bottom base plate and extending inwardly of thereceptacle through the spacer member and the top base member, and being arranged in spaced relation so that they may be struck by the clap per.

8. A musical toy comprising a transparent tubular container having a cap on one end and a centrally apertured closure on the other end, chime rods in said container, means for supporting said chime rods upright in said other end thereof, a relatively thin metal disk having an aperture in alignment with the aperture in said closure, said disk being secured in spaced relation inwardly of said closure, forming with the closure a hollow chamber having a diameter greater than that of either aperture, a hollow handle member forming a resonator, said handlehaving one end closed and the other end secured in the aperture in said closure, and striker means in said container for said chime rods.

9. In a musical toy, a tubular head having a cap on one end and an apertured closure on the other end, chime rod supporting means in said other end comprising a metal plate having an aperture therein aligned with the aperture in said closure, said metal plate being inwardly spaced from said closure, chime rods in said sup-' porting means, a tubular handle having an open end secured to said apertured closure in alignment with the apertures in the closure and the metal plate, and striker means for the chime rods.

10. In a musical toy, a tubular enclosure hav-; ing a central aperture in one end thereof, means for supporting a plurality of chime rods in spacedrelation around said aperture, said chime rod supporting means comprising a centrally ap-z ertured inner plate and means spacing said plate: from the apertured end of said enclosure, said last mentioned means being radially outwardly spaced from the periphery of the apertures in said plate and said end and a tubular resonance forming handle having its open end secured in the aperture in the end of said enclosure.

KARL E. EWALD.

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